Scientists Have Developed a Chemical That Extracts Uranium From Irradiated Mice

Uranium is the radioactive element behind roughly 10 percent of the world’s electricity. It’s also a heavy metal you certainly don’t want lingering inside your body for too long.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

Scientists Have Developed a Chemical That Extracts Uranium From Irradiated Mice

Uranium is the radioactive element behind roughly 10 percent of the world’s electricity. It’s also a heavy metal you certainly don’t want lingering inside your body for too long.

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At least they could be useful for something.

Tau.Neutrino said:

Scientists Have Developed a Chemical That Extracts Uranium From Irradiated Mice

Uranium is the radioactive element behind roughly 10 percent of the world’s electricity. It’s also a heavy metal you certainly don’t want lingering inside your body for too long.

more…

> Most of us don’t tend to give uranium poisoning too much thought. Unless you work with the substance or drink from a contaminated well, you’re unlikely to come across it in large amounts.

Yes. Radon poisoning is far more common, because radon is present all the time in the air we all breathe.

> There have never been any deaths attributed to uranium poisoning, which would probably require swallowing several grams of the element. Even if you were unlucky enough to somehow receive a small dose, your body would ditch two thirds of it fairly quickly.

Good to know. Yeh body.

> In 2009, word of widespread uranium poisoning made the news with reports of high levels of the element being found in hair samples taken from children in the Indian state of Punjab.

God and bad. Bad that it occurred. Very good to know that doctors even in the Punjab are clever enough to correctly diagnose it.

> Removing heavy metals such as mercury or lead usually requires a form of therapy called chelation, where sticky molecules grab hold of the plus-sized metal atoms and make it easier for your kidneys to dump.

Yes.

> Of all their candidate chelators, one called 5LIO-1-Cm-3,2-HOPO stood out for its potential to grip onto stray uranium isotopes based on various laboratory studies. Tested on uranium-dosed mice, the chelating agent managed to remove roughly 80 percent of the residual uranium in their kidneys, and about a half to a third of it from their bones when given an injection straight into their abdomens.

That’s amazing. Fingers crossed that it binds to other actinides. I worry a teensy bit because uranium can occur in two different oxidation states. And exist in body tissue in (presumably) a range of chemicals. But that doesn’t matter, what matters is the amazing amount of removal.

I don’t care if it has bad side effects, this matters.

mollwollfumble said:

I don’t care if it has bad side effects, this matters.

The mice have given of themselves if not willingly but at least let us not belittle their part in this.

Re: body ridding itself of uranium. Is it particular isotopes? What did the people of Chernobyl die from?

Divine Angel said:

Re: body ridding itself of uranium. Is it particular isotopes? What did the people of Chernobyl die from?

Good question. I’m sure somebody will try to answer.
All i can ofer is radioactive isotope exposure, maybe?

Divine Angel said:

Re: body ridding itself of uranium. Is it particular isotopes? What did the people of Chernobyl die from?

Most of the early deaths were from ARS (acute radiation syndrome)* or from blast trauma.

*Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also known as radiation sickness, is a collection of health effects due to exposure to high amounts of ionizing radiation over a short period of time. Within the first days symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. This may then be followed by a few hours or weeks with little symptoms. After this, depending on the total dose of radiation, people may develop infections, bleeding, dehydration, and confusion, or there may be a period with few symptoms. This is finally followed by either recovery or death. The symptoms can begin within one hour and may last for several months.

The radiation generally occurs from a source outside the body, is applied over minutes with most of the body being exposed, and involves a total dose of greater than 0.7 Gy (70 rads). It is generally divided into three types: i) bone marrow syndrome (0.7 to 10 Gy); ii) gastrointestinal syndrome (10 to 50 Gy); and iii) neurovascular syndrome (>50 Gy). Sources of such radiation may include nuclear reactors, cyclotrons, and certain devices used in cancer therapy. The cells that are most affected are generally those that are rapidly dividing. Diagnosis is based on a history of exposure and symptoms. Repeated complete blood counts (CBCs) can indicate the severity of exposure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_radiation_syndrome

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Re: body ridding itself of uranium. Is it particular isotopes? What did the people of Chernobyl die from?

Most of the early deaths were from ARS (acute radiation syndrome)* or from blast trauma.

*Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also known as radiation sickness, is a collection of health effects due to exposure to high amounts of ionizing radiation over a short period of time. Within the first days symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. This may then be followed by a few hours or weeks with little symptoms. After this, depending on the total dose of radiation, people may develop infections, bleeding, dehydration, and confusion, or there may be a period with few symptoms. This is finally followed by either recovery or death. The symptoms can begin within one hour and may last for several months.

The radiation generally occurs from a source outside the body, is applied over minutes with most of the body being exposed, and involves a total dose of greater than 0.7 Gy (70 rads). It is generally divided into three types: i) bone marrow syndrome (0.7 to 10 Gy); ii) gastrointestinal syndrome (10 to 50 Gy); and iii) neurovascular syndrome (>50 Gy). Sources of such radiation may include nuclear reactors, cyclotrons, and certain devices used in cancer therapy. The cells that are most affected are generally those that are rapidly dividing. Diagnosis is based on a history of exposure and symptoms. Repeated complete blood counts (CBCs) can indicate the severity of exposure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_radiation_syndrome

ARS from uranium and plutonium ?

Tau.Neutrino said:

Bubblecar said:

Divine Angel said:

Re: body ridding itself of uranium. Is it particular isotopes? What did the people of Chernobyl die from?

Most of the early deaths were from ARS (acute radiation syndrome)* or from blast trauma.

*Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also known as radiation sickness, is a collection of health effects due to exposure to high amounts of ionizing radiation over a short period of time. Within the first days symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite. This may then be followed by a few hours or weeks with little symptoms. After this, depending on the total dose of radiation, people may develop infections, bleeding, dehydration, and confusion, or there may be a period with few symptoms. This is finally followed by either recovery or death. The symptoms can begin within one hour and may last for several months.

The radiation generally occurs from a source outside the body, is applied over minutes with most of the body being exposed, and involves a total dose of greater than 0.7 Gy (70 rads). It is generally divided into three types: i) bone marrow syndrome (0.7 to 10 Gy); ii) gastrointestinal syndrome (10 to 50 Gy); and iii) neurovascular syndrome (>50 Gy). Sources of such radiation may include nuclear reactors, cyclotrons, and certain devices used in cancer therapy. The cells that are most affected are generally those that are rapidly dividing. Diagnosis is based on a history of exposure and symptoms. Repeated complete blood counts (CBCs) can indicate the severity of exposure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_radiation_syndrome

ARS from uranium and plutonium ?

There are dramatic differences between radiation exposure from external radiation, from ingested elements and from inhaled elements.

External radiation has to be treated the same way as burns. This method won’t work.

Being firefighters going in without breathing protection, the dose would have been from both external radiation and inhalation.

The isotope source of deadly radiation in the Chernobyl case would have been fission products, primarily iodine and strontium. If you know in advance that someone is going to be inhaling radioactive dust, then the effect of those cand be largely overcome by pre-dosing with iodine and calcium. Cesium is also a big one, i can’t remember off hand what the cure for that is. Check web, ah, that’s right, treated by giving prussian blue. Prussian blue is a cyanide that binds to thallium and cesium.

After those, the next most hazardous are the lesser actinides. Decay products of uranium, such as polonium and radium and radon.

Then after that we get to hazards from plutonium and finally uranium.

If i judge this new work correctly, it should help to remove the lesser actinides from the body as well as uranium. Hope.